Plagues upon the Earth : Disease and the Course of Human History /

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How pathogenic microbes have been an intimate part of human history from the beginning-and how our deadliest germs and biggest pandemics are the product of our success as a speciesPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global h...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harper, Kyle (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Colección:The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Temas:
Disease and lhistory.
Epidemics > History.
Plague > History.
HISTORY / Social History.
Agriculture (Chinese mythology).
Agriculture.
Ancient DNA.
Angus Deaton.
Annoyance.
Bacteria.
Balance of nature.
Big History.
Biological agent.
Bioterrorism.
Bubonic plague.
Cause of death.
Cellulose.
Chimpanzee.
Cholera.
Chronic condition.
Chronology.
Climate change.
Consilience (book).
Consilience.
Countermeasure.
Demography.
Diarrhea.
Disease burden.
Disease ecology.
Disease.
Disinfectant.
Domestication of the horse.
Domestication.
Dysentery.
E. O. Wilson.
Ecological niche.
Ecology.
Emergence.
Endemic (epidemiology).
Environmental protection.
Epidemic.
Fossil fuel.
Fungus.
Genome, Viral.
Geography.
Global catastrophic risk.
Global health.
Globalization.
Health.
Host (biology).
Human pathogen.
Hunter-gatherer.
Infection.
Influenza.
Insect.
Insecticide.
Iron Age.
Louis Pasteur.
Lymph node.
Malaria.
Measles.
Meat.
Microorganism.
Microparasite.
Mortality rate.
Negative feedback.
Neolithic Revolution.
Organism.
Origin story.
Pathogen.
Phylogenetics.
Physical geography.
Plagues and Peoples.
Poliomyelitis.
Prevalence.
Protozoa.
Public health.
Pus.
RNA.
Refrigeration.
Reproduction.
Risk.
Root cause.
Slavery.
Smallpox.
Sore throat.
State formation.
Steamship.
Taxon.
Technology.
Thucydides.
Toxin.
Tuberculosis.
Typhoid fever.
Typhus.
Unintended consequences.
Urbanization.
Vaccination.
Vaccine.
Vegetable.
Vulnerability (computing).
Vulnerability.
Whole genome sequencing.
Yellow fever.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction: Microorganisms and Macrohistory
  • Part I. Fire
  • 1 Mammals in a Microbe's World
  • 2 Prometheus among the Primates
  • 3 Where the Bloodsuckers Aren't
  • Part II. Farms
  • 4 Dung and Death
  • 5 The Sneezing Ape
  • 6 The Ends of the Old World
  • Part III. Frontiers
  • 7 Conquests and Contagions
  • 8 The Unification of the Tropics
  • 9 Of Lice and Men
  • Part IV. Fossils
  • 10 The Wealth and Health of Nations
  • 11 Disease and Global Divergence
  • 12 The Disinfected Planet
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Checklist of Major Identified Species of Human Pathogens
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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